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package io.micronaut.configuration.security.ldap.context;

import javax.naming.NamingException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Generic functional interface that returns a list of search
 * results from LDAP.
 *
 * @author James Kleeh
 * @since 1.0
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface SearchProvider {

    /**
     * @return The list of search results
     * @throws NamingException If the search encounters an exception
     */
    List<LdapSearchResult> get() throws NamingException;
}
